Alexander Mugattash fooled this healthy throwback fluke while fishing the Robert Moses area. The fish couldn’t resist a bucktail tipped with a chartreuse Gulp! Swimming Mullet, a proven combination for working the local sandy structure.Fishing with Captain Stu aboard Northport Charters over Memorial Day weekend, Sev landed this solid 30-inch striped bass, providing plenty of fresh fillets for the dinner table.Joseph Gentile put one of his handmade deep-drop rigs to work while fishing aboard the Captain Lou on a spring canyon trip out of Freeport. The result was this impressive 30-pound golden tilefish from the deep.Ten-year-old Hunter Harris proudly shows off this 6-pound fluke caught while fishing the bays off Long Beach with his dad. The pair were jigging bucktails tipped with spearing from their skiff when Hunter connected with the quality flatfish.Shane Hall has been enjoying excellent striped bass fishing in Long Island Sound, scoring on everything from live eels and Tsunami shads to flutter spoons and topwater plugs. This oversized linesider was one of the highlights of the trip.Before heading off to college, 18-year-old Alexis Zaremba spent some quality time on the water with her parents, Tracey Hodurski and Captain Joe Zaremba, aboard the family’s 20-foot Boston Whaler. Fishing near Reynolds Channel around high tide, Alexis caught and released more than 30 fluke before capping off the trip with this beautiful 4-pound keeper on her brand-new custom LIU Sharks-themed rod handcrafted by Fred Chall Marine.
